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The broad goal of this course is to introduce students to the foundations of key sectoral and thematic knowledge for important challenges to sustainable development including food and nutritional security, social service delivery, energy policy, water resource management, urbanization, infrastruc

The course will provide hands-on skills to use existing high quality health data from Africa and Asia to analyze the impact of climate change on mortality (by cause, age and sex, location and day of death).

In this course, we will explore the development of our modern food production and distribution system and its effects on our environment and planet. To explore the opportunities for and challenges to achieving a sustainable food system, we will critically review published studies and other asses

Rapid human population growth and even more rapid growth in consumption are driving a transformation of most of Earth’s natural systems including its climate system, its oceans, land cover, biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, and coastal and fresh water systems. These systems underpin global foo

The seminars consist of student presentation of plans for collection and analysis of data, with discussion by students and faculty. Preparatory work is done under tutorial arrangements with members of the faculty.

This course will introduce students to nutrition and global health problems through exploration of demographic, epidemiological, biological, social, political, and economic determinants of nutritional status.

The seminars consist of student presentation of plans for collection and analysis of data, with discussion by students and faculty. Preparatory work is done under tutorial arrangements with members of the faculty.

This course provides a cross-disciplinary overview of environmental science and how research contributes to public policy and human health risk assessment through a case study of a global pollution issue: lead biogeochemistry.

Overview of Occupational and Environmental Medicine including: the diagnosis and management of illnesses following exposure to specific workplace substances, environmental and community hazards, such as asbestos, lead, organic solvents, and vibration; methods of diagnosis of early organ system ef

Human activity is changing the atmosphere and altering terrestrial and marine ecosystems on a global scale. Evidence is mounting that these changes may already be having serious effects on human health, and there is growing concern that in coming decades the effects could be catastrophic.

This general microbiology course will focus on the genetics, cell biology, and physiology of microorganisms. The goal of this course is to give the students a broad overview of microbial physiology in the context of disease and environmental applications.

Epigenetics is a fast growing field, with increasing applicability in environmental and epidemiology studies, focusing on the alterations in chromatin structure that can stably and heritably influence gene expression.

This course offers a comprehensive overview of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. It will emphasize pollutant sources, physical and chemical properties, sampling and analysis, chemical transformation, atmospheric transport, fate, and potential for adverse health and environmental impacts.

In this course, we explore the development of our modern food production and distribution system and its effects on our environment and planet. We critically review published studies and other assessments that evaluate the environmental and social impact of food-related products and processes.

This course is designed to teach an understanding of the basic principles of water pollution and water pollution issues on local, regional and global scales. The course will begin with a discussion of the basic chemical, physical and biological properties of water and water contaminants.

This course is designed to provide the tools and foundations necessary to understand the fate and transport of environmental contaminants in various environmental media and to estimate their impact on human exposure.

This course is required for all incoming master of science students in GHP. It is intended as a broad survey of the main facts, issues, perspectives, methods, results, and conclusions in the areas of global population and health.

Provides students with the opportunity to review the epidemiologic basis for associating selected occupational and environmental exposures with health outcomes and to explore how this science might be used to develop and implement regulation of these exposures.

Introduces the framework of risk assessment, considers its relationship with cost-benefit, decision analysis and other tools for improving environmental decisions. The scientific foundations for risk assessment (epidemiology, toxicology, and exposure assessment) are discussed.

The course will assess the impact of the environment on the onset and exacerbation of cardiovascular diseases. Environmental exposures that have been implicated to impact cardiovascular disease are predominantly air pollution, second hand smoke, noise, and heat.

Human activity is changing the atmosphere and altering terrestrial marine ecosystems on a global scale. Evidence is mounting that these changes may already be having serious effects on human health, and there is growing concern that in coming decades the effects could be catastrophic.

HSPH NIEHS Center for Environmental Health presents Staci Bilbo, Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Program in Neuroscience, who will give a talk as part of the Re-Envisioning the Environment Colloquium Speaker Series.

Amidst the news of continuing lead pollution crises, foremost researchers in this field will present new, groundbreaking and alarming data, renewing the call to eliminate lead pollution from our cities, homes and the environment. Hosted by the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard.

“What’s Environment Got to Do with It? –Agency, Accountability & the People’s Health” with Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology, American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Climate change is happening, and warnings issued by international scientists has made the imperative for action clear. Harvard is working across its Schools to accelerate action on climate change. The opening event for the #WarmingWarning art exhibit now on view in Science Center Plaza will include presentations by many climate leaders on campus, who will describe their local work on climate and pathways for students to get involved.

The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health presents a panel discussion with Wendy Jacobs, Director, Harvard Law School Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic; Gina McCarthy, Director, C-CHANGE, and 13th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; William Ruckelshaus Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group, and First and Fifth Administrator of the EPA; and Tom Udall, U.S. Senator, New Mexico. Moderated by Carolyn Beeler, Environment Reporter, PRI’s The World.

The Environmental League of Massachusetts along with other organizations from the environmental community will host a Gubernatorial Forum with Republican candidate Governor Charlie Baker and Democratic candidate Secretary Jay Gonzalez.

The Harvard-China Project at SEAS hosts Dr. Gufran Beig, Project Director, System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India; Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences; World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award, as part of the China Project Research Seminar Series.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Harvard Global Health Institute welcome Michele Barry, Professor of Medicine; Senior Associate Dean of Global Health, Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, who will discuss how Ebola, polio, yellow fever, cholera, and Lassa fever have emerged during conflict in fragile states and what has been learned from the outbreaks to better predict and control other potential epidemics.

On May 30, the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will host an event to officially launch its new center. We are excited to announce keynote speeches from John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and Dr. John Holdren, former Science Advisor to President Obama and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. They will join Gina McCarthy, C-CHANGE Director and former U.S. EPA Administrator, Dean Michelle Williams and Co-Directors Dr. Aaron Bernstein and Dr. Joseph Allen in giving remarks on our mission, strategies to broaden support for climate action and our goals.

A decade after "An Inconvenient Truth" brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy.

Antimicrobial resistance has been estimated to cause 700,000 deaths annually and is spreading at an alarming rate predicted to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The effective containment of antimicrobial resistance is hindered by many complex factors, including inappropriate medicines use, poor surveillance, limited treatment options, and a lack of good governance to address these issues. Steven Hoffman, Director of the Global Strategy Lab, a Professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science at York University, the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Population & Public Health, and an Adjunct Professor of Global Health & Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health​, will address the global actions that must be taken to address this urgent threat to global health security.

The Dept. of Global Health and Population at HSPH presents "Training Future Leaders in Global Health" with Roger Glass, Director of the Fogarty International Center and Associate Director for International Research at National Institutes of Health, as part of Global Health Week 2018.

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for a ‘work-in-progress’ research seminar featuring two talented students from HSPH and GSD: "Protecting Human Health in a World Above Two Degrees: Smart Pathways toward Climate-Smart Health Systems in the Philippines" with Renzo Guinto, HSPH, and "From Junkyard to Peace Promotion Project: A Transdisciplinary Approach through Participatory Design" with Ignacio Cardona, GSD.

Join the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) for a discussion featuring women from around the world showcasing solutions at the intersection of global environmental change, human health, and social justice. Panelists include Kinari Webb, founder of Health In Harmony; Laura Stachel, founder of We Care Solar; and Fatima Ahmed, founder of Zenab for Women in Development. Professor Gina McCarthy, Director of the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment and former EPA Administrator; Tim Wirth, former US Senator and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Foundation; and Sam Myers, Director of the Planetary Health Alliance and Principal Research Scientist at HSPH, will moderate.

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for an exciting Climate Change and Global Health seminar with Professor Patrick Kinney, Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health, Boston University's School of Public Health, who will speak on "Climate Change, Air Quality, and Human Health."

Francesca Dominici, Professor of Biostatistics, HSPH; Co-Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI), will give a talk as part of the Institute for Applied Computational Science (IACS) Seminar Series.

Six months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a panel of experts will assess persistent public health challenges on the island and the outlook for long-term recovery. Power restoration, health care coordination, and medical services delivery on the island are just some of the pressing issues the panelists will explore.

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for a ‘work-in-progress’ research seminar featuring two talented students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Kalé Kponee, HSPH, will present "Indoor Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds and Associated Health Risks in the Niger Delta of Nigeria," and Patrick Kearns, HSPH, will present "How Epidemiology Can Solve Multiple Sclerosis - and Why Solving Autoimmunity Should be a Priority in Global Health." Open to all Harvard University students from all disciplines and of all levels graduate and undergraduate study.

The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy, and Environment, based at SEAS, will provide generous financial support for six Harvard undergraduates to spend the summer in China conducting research on China's energy and environmental future under the guidance of an English-speaking professor at a leading university, from June 15 to August 16, 2018. Join us for a Q&A session where Harvard-China Project staff and a participating Tsinghua University professor will be available to answer questions about the research assistantship program.

Jonathan Quick, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Management Sciences for Health, will present as part of the Pandemic Seminar Series hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute. The theme for this semester is "One Health Approaches to Disease Outbreaks."

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for "The Nexus of Green Building, Public Health, and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals" with Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science, Department of Environmental Health, HSPH.

The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment, SEAS; Environment in Asia Series, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; and Emergent Visions Film Screening Series, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, present the Boston-area premiere of Plastic China, followed by a Q&A via Skype with director WANG Jiuliang with the audience moderated by Professor ZHANG Ling of Boston College and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. The discussion will be interpreted by Canaan Morse, a Ph.D. candidate in Chinese Literature at Harvard.

"How to Eat Something Bigger Than Your Head - Microbial Community Assembly at the Micron Scale" with Otto Cordero, assistant professor, MIT. Hosted by Colleen Cavanaugh, with reception following the seminar.

The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites you to a screening of Tidewater. The film explores the national security threats and economic opportunities associated with sea level rise. A panel discussion will follow featuring director and producer Roger Sorkin; Captain James Goudreau, Head of Climate and Energy, Novartis; and Peter Huybers, Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences and of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Co-Director, HUCE.

Keynote speaker Michael Merson, Wolfgang Joklik Professor of Global Health, Vice President and Vice Provost for Global Strategy and Programs, Duke University, will present "Global Health and the Future Role of the United States." Reception to follow.

Worldwide Week at Harvard showcases the remarkable breadth of Harvard’s global engagement. During Worldwide Week, Harvard Schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations will host academic and cultural events with global or international themes. Hosted by Harvard's Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe Initiative, join us for a lecture and panel on "The Effect Of Shifting Global Health & Climate Change Policies On Malaria Eradication."

In this lecture, Scott Chimileski, Microbiologist and Photographer, Kolter Lab, HMS, and Roberto Kolter, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, HMS, will share their fascination with the wonders of the microbial world through vignettes and images from their new book, "Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World" (Harvard University Press).

Sophie Ragnault, PhD student, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, will present "Anatomy, Evolution, and Function of Patellar Sesamoids." The MCZ Seminar Lunch Series is open to ALL faculty, staff, students, and post-docs.

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies invites you to a discussion on natural disaster recovery with Recupera Chile, a Harvard initiative started in 2011 that seeks to improve living conditions, well-being, and productivity in coastal communities in Chile that were devastated in 2010 by the earthquake and tsunami.

Climate change is having a significant impact on infectious diseases, producing unanticipated consequences for global health and posing a challenge to public health authorities. The Harvard Global Health Institute and the Planetary Health Alliance jointly host a symposium on climate change and infectious disease. Mercedes Pascual, Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, will deliver the keynote address. Expert panels will address the effect on the range and lifecycle of key disease vectors, and the intersecting fields of ecology, public health, and climate modeling.

Hosted by The Center for Health and the Global Environment, this speaker series will introduce attendees to pressing issues and opportunities faced by cutting-edge business leaders that navigate the intersection of industry, government, public health, and sustainability. In this talk, Captain Sara Newman, Director, Office of Public Health, National Park Service will discuss "Promoting Parks as a Resource for Health."

Hosted by the Center for Health and the Global Environment, this speaker series will introduce attendees to pressing issues and opportunities faced by cutting-edge business leaders that navigate the intersection of industry, government, public health, and sustainability. In this talk, Liz York, Associate Director of Quality and Sustainability at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss "Lessons from Practice: Exploring the Relationship between Operational Efficiencies and Individual Health."

A conference for leaders, scientists, and students to highlight the intersection of nutrition and health, agriculture, and the environment in Africa toward solving complex health and development challenges.

Foodbetter Harvard invites you to ask questions about the food system and how to improve it: how to grow better, eat better, shop better, conserve better . . . how to Foodbetter. Join a Lightning Round of 5-7 minute Foodbetter Ideas shared by a cross-section of the community, as well as a discussion about how industry leaders are reinventing the food system and their communities from their Boston-area restaurants.

The Harvard community is invited to attend the conference “Medical Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Environment” (29-30 September 2017). Scholars will be considering ways the medical humanities can respond to the challenges of environmental change and uncertainty in order to engage more fully the ecology of health, disease, and nature.

The Harvard community is invited to attend the conference “Medical Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Environment” (29-30 September 2017). Scholars will be considering ways the medical humanities can respond to the challenges of environmental change and uncertainty in order to engage more fully the ecology of health, disease, and nature.

On behalf of the Harvard Global Health Institute, we are delighted to extend an invitation to our upcoming symposium, “Climate Change, Migration and Health." Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, Director of Harvard Global Health Institute will kick off the program at 9:00AM with opening remarks. The keynote will be delivered by Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH, Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, followed by two panels of experts. Continental breakfast and lunch provided.

The Harvard University Center for the Environment and The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School invite you to a special screening of "From the Ashes," a new documentary about the true cost of coal from director Michael Bonfiglio. Presented by National Geographic, the film is a compelling and often heartbreaking look about what’s at stake for our economy, health, and climate.

Speakers, including Jonathan Buonocore of the Harvard Center for Health & the Global Environment at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will explore the connections between health, climate change and fossil fuel burning.

The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic at HLS hosts a conversation exploring the limitations of the dominant food policy paradigm, particularly with regards to food security, resilience, biodiversity, and human health. Drawing on their research, the speakers will also present alternative models that engage family farmers and their communities as key participants in food policy decision making

The Harvard-China Project at the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences welcomes Sarath Guttikinda, Affiliate Associate Research Professor, Desert Research Institute; Founder/Director of UrbanEmissions.Info, who will give a talk on "Using Data to Feed Short- and Long-Term Policy Dialogues on Air Quality in India."

Winona LaDuke, award-winning activist and six-time author situated at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, will speak on Climate Change, Indigenous Resistance, and Forging a New Democracy: Thoughts for the Present Moment in the 2017 Massey Lectures in American Studies.

The Harvard Global Health Institute hosts Greg Wellenius, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University, who will discuss "Climate Change and Health in New England: Connecting Research to Public Health Practice." Lunch is provided.

The Planetary Health Alliance, along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, and The Lancet, invite you to the inaugural Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting, a two-day event showcasing the extraordinary momentum that is taking place around the world in the field of planetary health while highlighting institutional developments, emerging investigators, research developments, and applications to policy-making and natural resource management.

The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment and the Environment in Asia Series, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies present a DocYard screening of the film 'Behemoth,' followed by a discussion with director Zhao Liang.

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) hosts Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and former director of the National Science Foundation.

Join New York Times best-selling author Ed Yong as he takes us on a tour through our microbial partners, the microscopic companions that sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behavior, and bombard us with their genes.

The Weatherhead Center for International Studies hosts an afternoon of “speed talk” presentations by two dozen top scholars in the Boston area highlighting current research findings at the important nexus between food, agriculture, health, society, and the environment.

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) hosts speaker Dr. Richard Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, for a lunch discussion with students ahead of his February 9th T.H. Chan School of Public Health talk. Dr. Ostfeld is a disease ecologist whose research focuses on the interactions among organisms that influence the risk of human exposure to vector-borne diseases and the dynamics of terrestrial communities.

Gidon Eshel, Hrdy Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Research Professor of Environmental Science and Physics, speaks as part of the Harvard University Technology Assessment in Health Care Monthly Seminar Series. Continental breakfast will be served.

"Hidden Air: Urbanization, the Built Environment and Indoor Air Quality in China" with Gary Adamkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Department of Environment Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Mario J. Molina, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995, on "Air Quality in Megacities: From Mexico City to Beijing."

The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites you to a special screening of Age of Consequences, an investigation of climate change impacts on resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of national security and global stability. Q&A with Executive Producer Sophie Robinson to follow screening.

From garden to gut, David R. Montgomery, PhD, University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences, and Anne Bikle, MLA, Biologist and Environmental Planner, will present a new view of the tiniest creatures on Earth and how it is changing the way we see nature and ourselves. Hosted by the Arnold Arboretum.

Hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute, this symposium will bring together a range of Harvard scholars, together with two experts from outside the University, to discuss how to improve health while meeting our commitment to minimizing our climate impact.

The Harvard History of Science Department’s Modern Sciences Working Group and the History of Medicine Working Group host a special lunch seminar featuring Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis, Senior Lecturer in Food Politics and Policy in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Join the Sustainability & Health Student Forum at the Harvard Chan School as it holds its inaugural Journal Club session that will explore the emerging field of “Planetary Health” – the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends with Professor Sam Myers, Director of the Planetary Health Alliance.

Imagine a society 10,000 years from now. Can we protect them from the deadliest, most long-lasting radioactive substances ever produced? The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School invite you to a film screening of "Containment" followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, Harvard Professors Peter Galison and Robb Moss.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents Megan Epler Wood, Director, International Sustainable Tourism Initiative, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, who will discuss "Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet."

The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Food Law and Policy Clinic of Harvard Law School cordially invite you to a panel discussion about a national food policy. Learn about the ways a national food strategy could make sure every American has access to healthy, affordable food that is fair to workers, good for the environment, and improves farmers' livelihoods.

HUCE welcomes Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, who will discuss "Constraints on the Social Discount Rate Derived from Ethical Ambiguities and Uncertainty about Future Climate Change.”

HUCE and National Geographic invite you to a special pre-release screening and discussion of the documentary film, Before the Flood. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

The aim of this conference is to map emerging technologies that could address global grand challenges, review their disruptive characteristics, identify potential sources of social concern, and outline business models and public policies on how to address the social concerns.

The Center for Health and the Global Environment hosts "The Well Tempered City: Climate Change, Health, Poverty and Our Urban Future" with Steve Curwood, Host, NPR’s Living on Earth; Jack Spengler, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment; Jonathan Rose, Author, The Well Tempered City; and the Student winner of Courtyard Design Contest.

The Center for Health and the Global Environment hosts "Local Sustainability: Climate and Health at Harvard and in Boston" with Aaron Bernstein, Assistant Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment; Heather Henriksen, Director, Harvard University Office of Sustainability; and Austin Blackmon, Chief of the Environment Energy and Open Spaces, City of Boston.

The Center for Health and the Global Environment hosts "Sustainable Urbanization: the Future of Aviation, Buildings and Food" with Aaron Bernstein, Assistant Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment and John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer, United Technologies.

"The Future of Sustainability for Health at the Chan School of Public Health Green Think: How Profit Can Save the Planet" with Joseph Allen, HSPH; Michelle Williams, Dean, HPSH; and Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and Founder, U.S. Green Building Council.

Zhang Yuqiang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will discuss "Co-benefits of Global Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for US Air Quality and Health through Dynamical Downscaling, and its Application to China."

Jay Turner, Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss "Air Quality in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Impact Assessment of a Residential Heating Stove Replacement Program and Long-Term Prospects for Improving Health Outcomes."

The Reischauer Institute Japan Forum and Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations presents Brett L. Walker, Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies, Harvard University & Professor of History, Montana State University who will discuss, “Natural and Unnatural Disasters: 3/11, Asbestos, and the Unmaking of Japan's Modern World."

Please join world-renowned scientist and public health advocate Dr. Arlene Blum and the Harvard Office for Sustainability for a lunch discussion on the chemicals in your everyday personal care and household products.

Myles Jackson, Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of the History of Science; Professor of History, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU, will discuss “The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS and Race.”

Jonathan Buonocore, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health, will discuss "Health and Climate Benefits of Different Energy-efficiency and Renewable Energy Choices."

The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a talk and book signing with Dan Fagin, Associate Professor of Journalism and Director of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, Carter Institute of Journalism, New York University.

In collaboration with the Harvard College Conservation Society, The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a talk with M. Sanjayan, Executive Vice President and Senior Scientist, Conservation International.

John D. Spengler, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment and Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, Harvard School of Public Health; Joseph Allen, Program Leader, Healthy Buildings, Center for Health and the Global Environment and Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science, Harvard School of Public Health; and Julia Africa, Program Leader, Nature, Health, & the Built Environment, Harvard School of Public Health, will lead a discussion on “How Does the Environment Affect Our Health?"

Join faculty from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for a wide-ranging discussion examining four major global health threats that are challenging the lives and health of people in the US and globally.

Join CommuterChoice for our 2nd annual Green Transportation Celebration. Transportation stakeholders and student groups will feature the many options for making your travel safer, healthier, and more efficient.

The event will bring together water experts from across the country to discuss issues and solutions to today’s water challenges. This year, the event includes special guest and co-host, the ClearWater Initiative, an organization actively working to expand clean water access in Uganda.

Come to this panel discussion to explore pathways into scientific careers beyond bench research. You'll hear from scientists who are using their scientific background in business, technology, and other fields.

Get an overview of the food system and then delve into its four primary categories: production, marketing and distribution, nutrition, and waste. Hear from Harvard-affiliated speakers about how they are working to Food Better or innovate within the topic areas.

Urban agriculture is rapidly joining the fabric of cities as an economically viable contributor to sustainable buildings, sites and neighborhoods. This course includes detailed case studies and technical information for planning and design professionals to help craft imaginative and sustainable dimensions to their projects.

The Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health serves as the primary focus for environmental health-related research and training activities in the Harvard School of Public Health, in the Harvard Longwood Medical Area, and more broadly as an integrating umbrella for environmental health research in the Boston health sciences research community.

Harvard Global Health Institute is a university-wide initiative whose mission is to educate and train the next generation of global health leaders, and create and disseminate new knowledge to address the major challenges in global health.

The objective of the Education and Research Center is to give occupational safety and health professionals the opportunity to develop public health perspectives, a sensitivity about political climates, and the skills and knowledge needed to identify and prevent occupational impairments, disease, and injuries through control or elimination of harmful occupational exposures.

The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) is at the cusp of the rapidly evolving field of population health. Capitalizing on the profundity of expertise across the University, the HCPDS brings together faculty, students, and researchers from a wide array of disciplines including epidemiology, economics, demography, sociology, statistics, and population genetics.

The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) is a multidisciplinary group of faculty, research staff, students, and visiting scholars who work together to improve decisions about environmental health. We conduct state-of-the-art research, educate the next generation of leaders in risk analysis and related disciplines, and encourage public discourse about risk topics.

The mission of the Center is to help people understand that our health, and that of our children, depends on the health of the environment, and that we must do everything we can to protect it. To fulfill its mission, the Center organizes a number of programs for physicians, scientists, policymakers, the media, and the general public.

Through integrated, cross-disciplinary initiatives in research, teaching, training, and public outreach the Program seeks to develop foundational, policy-relevant insights into the nature of science and technology, and the ways in which they both influence and are influenced by society, politics, and culture.

The China Project is a research program focused on China’s atmospheric environment, collaborating across the schools of Harvard University and with Chinese universities. It conducts interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed studies on air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from the root causes in the demand for and supply of energy powering its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts on human health and the economy.

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